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HA&P Chapter 5
Words for chapter 5
Question | Answer |
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adip- | fat |
adipose tissue | tissue that stores fat |
chondr- | cartilage |
chondrocyte | cartilage cell |
-cyt | cell |
osteocyte | bone cell |
epi- | upon |
epithelial tissue | tissue that covers all free body surface |
-glia | glue |
neuroglia | cells that bind nervous cells together |
inter- | between |
intercalated disk | band between cardiac muscle cells |
macro- | large |
macrophage | large phagocytic cell |
oss- | bone |
osseous tissue | bone tissue |
pseudo- | false |
pseudostratified | tissue whose cells appear to be in thin layers, but are not |
squam- | scale |
squamos epithelium | tissue whose cells appear flattened or scalelike |
strat- | layer |
stratified epithelium | tissue whose cells occur in layers |
cartilage | type of connective tissue in which cells are within lecunae and separated by a semisolid matrix |
connective tissue | one of the basic types of tissue that includes bone, cartilage, and loose connective tissue |
fibroblast | cell that produces fibers in connective tissues |
muscle tissue | contractile tissue consisting of filaments of actin and myosin, which slide past each other, shortening cells |
nervous tissue | neurons and neuroglia |
neuroglial cell | specialized cell of the nervous system that produces myelin, communicates between cells, and maintains the ionic environment |
neuron | nerve cell |
osteocyte | mature bone cell |
osteon | cylinder-shaped unit containing bone cells that surround and osteonic canal; Haversian system |